Editing Fernando Valenzuela (section)

=== Death and funeral ===
Valenzuela died in a Los Angeles hospital on October 22, 2024, at the age of 63, three days before the [[2024 World Series]] began between the Dodgers and the [[2024 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]].<ref name=":2" /> His funeral took place on November 6, 2024, at the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels]], where he was eulogized by his son Fernando Jr. and [[Mike Scioscia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela remembered for having 'the heart of a lion' at his funeral |url=https://apnews.com/article/fernando-valenzuela-funeral-dodgers-2a789dadeb4dcc2b75154243a8128209 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cisneros |first=Mike |date=2024-11-07 |title=Fernando Valenzuela celebrated at cathedral funeral Mass |url=https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/fernando-valenzuela-dodgers-funeral/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Angelus News |language=en-US}}</ref> He was cremated, and his ashes were interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dreier |first=Natalie |date=2024-11-14 |title=Fernando Valenzuela's cause of death released |url=https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/fernando-valenzuelas-cause-death-released/QM5B6VHSJ5C2PIZMIWPT63CPSE/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Boston 25 News |language=en}}</ref>

Shortly after his death, Valenzuela's illness was reported to have been [[liver cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Nightengale |first=Bob |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela is gone. But 'Fernandomania' will live forever |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/10/23/fernando-valenzuela-remembrance-los-angeles-dodgers/75803450007/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref> However, his official death certificate concluded that he died of [[septic shock]] due to malfunctioning organs, which it attributed to a combination of nonalcoholic and alcoholic [[cirrhosis]]. The death certificate added that Valenzuela also might have been suffering from [[Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=2024-11-13 |title=Valenzuela died of septic shock, examiner says |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/42358998/me-dodgers-great-fernando-valenzuela-died-septic-shock |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vives |first=Ruben |date=2024-11-13 |title=Dodgers icon Fernando Valenzuela cause of death revealed |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-12/dodgers-icon-fernando-valenzuela-cause-of-death-revealed |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-13 |title=Dodger legend Fernando Valenzuela's cause of death revealed |url=https://abc7.com/post/cause-death-revealed-legendary-dodgers-pitcher-fernando-valenzuela/15542990/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=ABC7 Los Angeles |language=en}}</ref>